ASRock Z97 KILLER User manual

Version 1.2

Published October 2014

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Fatal1ty Story

Who knew that at age 19, I would be a World Champion PC gamer. When I was 13, I actually
played competitive billiards in professional tournaments and won four or ve games o guys
who played at the highest level. I actually thought of making a career of it, but at that young
age situations change rapidly. Because I’ve been blessed with great hand-eye coordination and
a grasp of mathematics (an important element in video gaming) I gravitated to that activity.

GOING PRO

I started professional gaming in 1999 when I entered the CPL (Cyberathlete Professional
League) tournament in Dallas and won $4,000 for coming in third place. Emerging as one
of the top players in the United States, a company interested in sponsoring me ew me to
Sweden to compete against the top 12 players in the world. I won 18 straight games, lost
none, and took rst place, becoming the number one ranked Quake III player in the world
in the process. Two months later I followed that success by traveling to Dallas and defending
my title as the world’s best Quake III player, winning the $40,000 grand prize. From there
I entered competitions all over the world, including Singapore, Korea, Germany, Australia,
Holland and Brazil in addition to Los Angeles, New York and St. Louis.

WINNING STREAK

I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL
Champion of the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally
dierent rst person shooter (fps) game, Alien vs. Predator II. I won that competition and
walked away with a new car. e next year I won the same title playing Unreal Tournament
2003, becoming the only three-time CPL champion of the year. And I did it playing a
different game each year, something no one else has ever done and a feat of which I am
extremely proud.

At QuakeCon 2002, I faced o against my rival ZeRo4 in one of the most highly
anticipated matches of the year, winning in a 14 to (-1) killer victory. Competing at Quakecon
2004, I became the World’s 1st Doom3 Champion by defeating Daler in a series of very
challenging matches and earning $25,000 for the victory.

Since then Fatal1ty has traveled the globe to compete against the best in the world, winning
prizes and acclaim, including the 2005 CPL World Tour Championship in New York City for
a $150,000 rst place triumph. In August 2007, Johnathan was awarded the rst ever Lifetime
Achievement Award in the four year history of the eSports-Award for “showing exceptional
sportsmanship, taking part in shaping eSports into what it is today and for being the prime
representative of this young sport. He has become the gurehead for eSports worldwide”.

LIVIN’ LARGE

Since my rst big tournament wins, I have been a “Professional Cyberathlete”, traveling the
world and livin’ large with lots of International media coverage on outlets such as MTV,
ESPN and a 60 Minutes segment on CBS to name only a few. It's unreal - it's crazy. I’m living
a dream by playing video games for a living. I’ve always been athletic and took sports like
hockey and football very seriously, working out and training hard. is discipline helps me
become a better gamer and my drive to be the best has opened the doors necessary to become
a professional.

A DREAM

Now, another dream is being realized – building the ultimate gaming computer, made
up of the best parts under my own brand. Quality hardware makes a huge difference in
competitions…a couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice. It’s all about
getting the computer processing faster and allowing more uid movement around the maps.

My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying
about their equipment, something I’ve preached since I began competing. I don’t want to
worry about my equipment. I want to be there – over and done with - so I can focus on
the game. I want it to be the fastest and most stable computer equipment on the face of the
planet, so quality is what Fatal1ty Brand products represent.

Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel

e Fatal1ty name, Fatal1ty logos and the Fatal1ty likeness are registered trademarks of Fatal1ty, Inc., and are used

under license. © 2014 Fatal1ty, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective

owners.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 6

1.4 I/O Panel 8

Chapter 2 Installation 10

2.1 Installing the CPU 11

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 14

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 15

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 17

2.5 Jumpers Setup 18

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20

2.7 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 25

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 25

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 27

2.8 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 28

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 31

3.1 Installing Drivers 31

3.2 F-Stream 32

3.3 Killer Network Manager 38

3.3.1 Installing Killer Network Manager 38

3.3.2 Using Killer Network Manager 38

3.4 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 41

3.5 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 46

3.6 ASRock APP Shop 51

3.6.1 UI Overview 51

3.6.2 Apps 52

3.6.3 BIOS & Drivers 55

3.6.4 Setting 56

3.7 Start8 57

3.8 XSplit Broadcaster 60

3.8.1 Live Streaming Your Gameplay 60

3.9.2 Recording Your Gameplay 63

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 64

4.1 Introduction 64

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 64

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 65

4.2 Main Screen 66

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 67

4.4 Advanced Screen 76

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 77

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 79

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 81

4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 83

4.4.5 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 84

4.4.6 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 85

4.4.7 Super IO Conguration 86

4.4.8 ACPI Conguration 87

4.4.9 USB Conguration 89

4.4.10 Trusted Computing 91

4.5 Tools 92

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 95

4.7 Boot Screen 96

4.8 Security Screen 99

4.9 Exit Screen 100

Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series motherboard, a reliable

motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control.

It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s

commitment to quality and endurance.

In this manual, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the motherboard

and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the

soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of the BIOS setup.

Becau se the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In ca se any modica­tions of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s website
without further notice. If you require technical suppor t related to this motherboard,
please visit our website for spe cic information about the model you are using. You
may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock ’s website a s well.
ASRock website http://www.a srock .com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series Support CD

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4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1 x Screw for M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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ATX Form Factor

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

Supports 5th Generation, New 4th and 4th Generation Intel®

CoreTM i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)

Digi Power design

8 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Intel® Z97

Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR3 3200+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/

2133(OC)/ 1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered

memory

Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB (see CAUTION)

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

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Expansion
Slot

Graphics

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)

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1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4: x4 mode)

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* If PCIE1 or PCIE3 slot is occupied, PCIE4 slot will run at x2

mode.

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots

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2 x PCI Slots

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can

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be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick

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Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full

HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600

Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

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Max. shared memory 1792MB

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Audio

Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series

ree graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

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Supports Triple Monitor

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Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2160) @ 24Hz

Supports DVI-D with ma x. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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60Hz

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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60Hz

Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and

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HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports

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Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D

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and HDMI Ports

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150

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Audio Codec)

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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Supports Purity SoundTM 2

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- Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps

- 115dB SNR DAC with Dierential Amplier

- TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplier (Supports up to

600 Ohm headsets)

- Direct Drive Technology

- EMI Shielding Cover

- PCB Isolate Shielding

Supports DTS Connect

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LAN

PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Qualcomm® Atheros® KillerTM E2200 Series

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Supports Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet

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Technology

Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

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Protection)

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x Optica l SPDIF Out Port

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3 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

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Spike Protection))

1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection

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(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

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Spike Protection))

1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

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LED)

HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /

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Front Speaker / Microphone

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

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RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology

13 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug

1 x SATA Express Connector (shared with SATAE_4, SA-

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TAE_5 and M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3)

* Support to be announced

1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s

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module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

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Connector

1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Power LED Header

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2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

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3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)

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1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)

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1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

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Connector)

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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1 x underbolt AIC Connector

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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

OS

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1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI sup-

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port (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)

Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology

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ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

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CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjust-

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CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

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CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by

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CPU temperature)

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

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Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, CPU

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Input Voltage, CPU Internal Voltages

Microso® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-

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bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

FCC, CE, WHQL

Certica­tions

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://ww w.asrock.com

Please realize that the re is a certain r isk involved with overclo cking, including adju st­ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Ove rclocking Technology, or using third­party o verclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even c ause
damage to the components and dev ices of your system. It should be done at your own
risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage cau sed by overclocking.

Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation
for system usage under Windows® 32- bit operating systems . Windows® 64-bit operat­ing systems do not have such limitations. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize
the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

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Intel

Z97

DDR 3_A2 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule)

DDR 3_A1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule)

DDR 3_B2 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule)

DDR 3_B1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule)

ATX12V1

Super

I/O

USB 2. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

Ps2

Keyb oard/

Mous e

ATXP WR 1

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USB3_4 _5

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-45

USB 3. 0
T: USB2
B: USB 3

Top:

Centra l/Bas s

Center :

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

Optica l

SPDIF

Bottom :

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PCIE4

PLED1

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SPEAKER1

HDLED R ESET

PLED PW RBTN

PANEL1

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USB6_7

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USB4_5

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COM1

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HD_AUDI O1

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SATA3_0

PCIE1

CHA_FAN1

CHA_FAN2

CHA_FAN3

PCI1

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USB 2. 0

T: USB2

B: USB 3

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Puri ty

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VGA 1

DVI 1

SATA3_3

SATA3_1

SATAE_5_4

SATA3_2

PCI2

PCIE3

USB 3. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

64Mb
BIOS

BIOS_B1

64Mb
BIOS

BIOS_A1

BIOS_B_LED 1

BIOS_SE L1

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CPU_FAN1

CPU_FAN2PWR_FAN1

CMO S

Bat tery

BIOS_A_LED 1

CLRMOS1

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TPMS1

TB1

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2)

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_4_5)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

11 SATA3 and SATA Express Connectors (SATAE_5_4)

12 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

15 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_ 5)

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

17 Power LED Header (PLED1)

18 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

19 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

20 COM Port Header (COM1)

21 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

22 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

23 BIOS Selection Jumper (BIOS _SEL1)

24 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

25 TPM Header (TPMS1)

26 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA _FAN3)

27 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 9 Front Speaker (Lime)**

2 D-Sub Port 10 Microphone (Pink)

3 Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB2) 11 Optical SPDIF Out Port

4 USB 2.0 Port (USB3) 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_2_3)

5 LAN RJ-45 Port* 13 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_0_1)

6 Central / Bass (Orange) 14 HDMI Port

7 Rear Speaker (Black) 15 DVI-D Port

8 Line In (Light Blue) 16 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications .

ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

LAN Por t

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link O 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, plea se connect the speake r’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection d etails in accordance w ith the type of speaker you use.

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 9)

Rear Speaker

(No. 7)

Central / Bass

(No. 6)

2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V

To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front
panel au dio header. Aer re starting your computer, you will nd the “Mixe r” tool
on your system. Pl ease select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “En able playback multi­streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and the n you are
allowe d to sele ct “Realtek HDA Pr imary output ” to use the Rear Speaker, Central/
Bass, and Front Speake r, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front
panel au dio.

Line In

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is an ATX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study

the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it.

Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components

or change any motherboard settings.

Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard

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components. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries and damages to motherboard

components.

In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard’s components,

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NEVER place your motherboard directly on a carpet. Also remember to use a grounded

wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the components.

Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

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Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

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in the bag that comes with the components.

When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-

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tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1150-Pin CPU into the socket, please che ck if the PnP cap is on
the socket, if the CPU surfa ce is unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the socket.
Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise,
the CPU will be seriously damaged .

2. Unplug all power c ables before in stalling the CPU.

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Please save and replace the cover if the processor i s removed. e cover must be placed
if you wish to retur n the motherboard for aer service.

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2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

is motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots,

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

1. For dual channel conguration, you always need to install identica l (the same

brand, speed , size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pairs.

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technolog y with only one or three
memor y module installed.

3. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3 slot;
otherwise , this motherboard and DIM M may be damaged.

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

Priority DDR3_A1 DDR3_A2 DDR3_B1 DDR3_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent dam age to
the mothe rboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incor rect
orientation .

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

ere are 2 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

Before installing an ex pansion card, please make sure that the power supply is
switched o or the power cord is unplugged. Plea se read the documentation of the
expan sion card and mak e necessary hardware settings for the card before you start
the installation.

PCI slots:

e PCI1 and PCI2 slots are used to install expansion cards that have 32-bit PCI

interface.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE3 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE2 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

For a better ther mal environment, ple ase connect a ch assi s fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1, CHA_ FAN2 or CHA_ FAN3) when using mul­tiple graphics cards.

x16 x4

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2.5 Jumpers Setup

e illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on

the pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper

is “Open”. e illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”

when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1)

(see p.6, No. 24)

CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the system

parameters to default setup, please turn o the computer and unplug the power

cord from the power supply. Aer waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to

short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear

the CMOS right aer you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when

you just nish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system rst, and then shut

it down before you do the clear-CMOS action. Please be noted that the password,

date, time, and user default prole will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is

removed.

Clear CMOSDefault

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BIOS Selection Jumper

(BIOS_SEL1)

(see p.6, No. 23)

is motherboard has two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS (BIOS_A) and a backup

BIOS (BIOS_B), which enhances protection for the safety and stability of your

system. Normally, the system works on the main BIOS. However, if the main BIOS

is corrupted or damaged, please use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3, then

the backup BIOS will take over on the next system boot. Aer that, use “Secure

Backup UEFI“ in BIOS setup utility to copy the BIOS le to the main BIOS to

ensure normal system operation. For the sake of system safety, users cannot

update the backup BIOS manually. Users may refer to the BIOS LED (BIOS_A_

LED or BIOS_B_LED) to identify which BIOS is activated currently.

Default

(Main BIOS)

Backup BIOS

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over
these header s and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors
will cause permanent damage to the motherboard.

System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.6, No. 18)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassi s front panel. You may congure the way to
turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connec t to the reset switch on the chassi s front panel. P ress the reset sw itch to restart
the computer if the compute r freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):

Connec t to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. e LED i s on when
the system is ope rating. e LED keeps blinking when the system i s in S1/S3 sleep state.
e LED is o when the system i s in S4 sle ep state or powered o (S5).

HDLED (Ha rd Drive Activity LED):

Connec t to the hard drive ac tivity LED on the chassis front panel. e LED is on when
the hard dr ive is reading or w riting data.

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front pane l module mainly consists
of power switch , reset switch, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speak er and etc.
When connecting your chassis front panel module to this head er, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assig nments are matched correctly.

1

PLE D+

PLE D-

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

PWR BTN#

GND

GND

RES ET#

GND

Connect the power

switch, reset switch and

system status indicator on

the chassis to this header

according to the pin

assignments below. Note

the positive and negative

pins before connecting

the cables.

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Power LED Header

(3-pin PLED1)

(see p.6, No. 17)

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_0:

see p.6, No. 14)

(SATA3_1:

see p.6, No. 9)

(SATA3_2:

see p.6, No. 10)

(SATA3_3:

see p.6, No. 13)

(SATAE_4:

see p.6, No. 11)

(SATAE_5:

see p.6, No. 11)

Serial ATA Express

Connector

(SATAE:

see p.6, No. 11)

1

PLE D+

PLE D+

PLE D-

Please connect the chassis

power LED to this header

to

indicate the system’s

power status.

ese six SATA3

connectors support SATA

SATA3_2SATA3_0 SATA3_1

data cables for internal

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

SATAE_4SATA3_3 SATAE_5

e SATAE_4, SATAE_5

are shared with the SATA

Express connector.

Please connect either

SATA or PCIe storage

devices to this connector.

e SATA Express

connector is shared with

the SATAE_4, SATAE_ 5

and the M.2_ SSD (NGFF)

Socket 3.

*e SATA Express

interface is a combination

of SATAE, SATAE_4, and

SATAE_5.

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB4_ 5)

(see p.6, No. 15)

(9-pin USB6_7)

(see p.6, No. 16)

USB _PW R

1

USB _PW R

P-

P+

GND

DUM MY

GND

P+

P-

Besides four USB 2.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

are two headers on this

motherboard. Each USB

2.0 header can support

two ports.

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USB 3.0 Headers

GND

FAN_V OLTAGE

FAN_S PEED

(19-pin USB3_4_5)

(see p.6, No. 8)

Vbus

IntA _PA_SS RX-

IntA _PA_SS RX+

GND

IntA _PA_SS TX-

IntA _PA_SS TX+

GND

IntA _PA_D-

IntA _PA_D+

VbusVbus

IntA _PB_S SRX-

IntA _PB_S SRX+

GND

IntA _PB_S STX-

IntA _PB_S STX+

GND

IntA _PB_D -

IntA _PB_D +

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Besides four USB 3.0

ports on the I/O panel,

there is one header on this

motherboard. Each USB

3.0 header can support

two ports.

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.6, No. 21)

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sen sing, but the panel wire on the chas sis mu st
suppor t HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instructions in our manual and
chassis manual to install your syste m.

2. If you use an AC’97 audio panel , please install it to the front panel audio header by
the steps below:
A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_ L.
B. Conne ct Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_ L (LIN) to OUT2_ L.
C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND).
D. MIC_ RET and OUT_RET are for the HD audio panel only. You don’t need to
connec t them for the AC’97 audio panel.
E. To activate the front mic, go to the “FrontMic” Tab in the Realtek Control panel
and adju st “Recording Volume”.

Chassis Speaker Header

(4-pin SPEAKER1)

(see p.6, No. 19)

1

MIC 2_L

DUM MY

1

+5V

GND

PRE SENCE #

MIC 2_R

MIC _RET

J_S ENSE

OUT 2_R

SPE AKER

DUM MY

OUT _RET

OUT 2_L

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

Please connect the chassis

speaker to this header.

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Chassis and Power Fan

Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 12)

(3-pin CHA_FAN2)

(see p.6, No. 27)

(3-pin CHA_FAN3)

(see p.6, No. 26)

GND

+12V

FAN_S PEE D

FAN_S PEE D_C ONTR OL

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to

the ground pin.